Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > You let her drive your truck??? Of course. It's _our_ truck now. A unicorn truck, apparently. It was my son who totalled it, not her. Bought it for 26.5k, drove it for 25 years, and got a 20k settlement check. ... and, had it fixed, bought two other trucks, and still have some funds

Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
You let her drive your truck???Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes Date: 2020-09-16 22:08 (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Jim Cathey Subject: Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual) >> I made the mistake of trying to

Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > I made the mistake of trying to teach the Mrs. how to drive a stick years > ago and it was a horrible failure. Divorce in a can. That job got farmed out to a friend of hers instead. Who does an angry (frustrated) bee sting? Whomever is closest to hand. Apparently it was _my_ fault for

Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Not an SLK230 with a stick, that would never fly. SLK 320 with a slushbox. I made the mistake of trying to teach the Mrs. how to drive a stick years ago and it was a horrible failure. Never again. -D > On Sep 16, 2020, at 7:08 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Realtoresses and

Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Realtoresses and older Administrative Assistants. And sugar honeys. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Sep 16, 2020, at 4:49 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > SLK was a girls car. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Not that I give a rat’s rear end what the Seattle MBCA Section thinks, but it’s going to be a “girls car” anyway, so this is perfect. What I care about is that it’s nearly identical mechanically to two other cars in the fleet which will make maintenance and upkeep significantly easier. And

Re: [MBZ] 99 Mercedes SLK 230 (Manual)

2020-09-16 Thread Clay via Mercedes
SLK was a girls car. At least that was the consensus in the Seattle MB section. Early adopters were mid-life ladies who would head out on drives of a dozen SLK or more. Then the ladies just quit showing up or ….? Not an SLK to be seen at the events for at least a decade. clay “I think